SAS Visual Business Analytics Professional Certificate

Launch Your Career with a SAS® Credential. Master the skills required for the SAS® Visual Business Analyst Certification

Instructor: Nicole Ball

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5 course series

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Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 month

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Flexible schedule

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5 course series

Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise

4.7

(976 reviews)

Beginner level

No prior experience required

1 month

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

How to explore data using SAS Visual Analytics
How to create interactive reports using SAS Visual Analytics
How to prepare data using SAS Data Studio

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Professional Certificate - 5 course series

Using SAS Visual Analytics, you will learn to access and manipulate data, analyze data with a variety of interactive reports and graphics, and design and share dashboards to visualize your data. SAS Visual Analytics is a useful skill in a variety of careers, including business analyst, researcher, statistician, or data scientist.

The Macquarie Business School at Macquarie University is proud to partner with global analytics leader SAS in offering SAS Certification as part of their Global MBA program. The Global MBA SAS Partnership includes the opportunity for professionals certified through the SAS Certified Specialist: Visual Business Analyst program to gain credit when studying for Macquarie University’s Global MBA through the Generate Insights unit. Find out more about the benefits of the partnership here!

Applied Learning Project

Through the SAS Visual Business Analytics Professional Certificate, you get access to hands-on projects that are built into the course work of each course. Examples of projects include Visual Analytics Methodology, Designing Reports with SAS Visual Analytics Review, Restructuring Data for Forecasting Review, and Using Parameters to Create Advanced Reports Review.

Getting Started with SAS Visual Analytics

Course 15 hours

What you'll learn

Data Analysis and Reporting in SAS Visual Analytics

Course 28 hours

What you'll learn

Using Data for Geographic Mapping and Forecasting in SAS Visual Analytics

Course 35 hours

What you'll learn

Performing Network, Path, and Text Analyses in SAS Visual Analytics

Course 44 hours

What you'll learn

To describe the data structure needed for network analysis, path analysis, and text analytics.
How to create network analysis to analyze relationship between entities in SAS Visual Analytics.
How to create path analysis to understand frequent paths in SAS Visual Analytics.
How to create text analytics to analyze unstructured text in SAS Visual Analytics.

Creating Advanced Reports with SAS Visual Analytics

Course 58 hours

What you'll learn

How to create advanced data items (like calculated items and aggregated measures) in SAS Visual Analytics.
How to create advanced static and interactive filters and advanced ranks in SAS Visual Analytics.
How to create and apply parameters to make reports more dynamic in SAS Visual Analytics.

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Frequently asked questions

It takes approximately 7 weeks to complete this professional certificate.

No SAS experience or programming experience is required, although you should have basic computer experience.

Yes, the courses should be taken in this order:

Getting Stared with SAS Visual Analytics
Data Analysis and Reporting in SAS Visual Analytics
Using Data for Geographic Mapping and Forecasting in SAS Visual Analytics
Performing Network, Path, and Text Analyses in SAS Visual Analytics
Creating Advanced Reports with SAS Visual Analytics

Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Certificate, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Certificate. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.

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SAS Visual Business Analytics Professional Certificate

What you'll learn

Details to know

See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Prepare for a career as a Business Intelligence Analyst

Professional Certificate - 5 course series

Getting Started with SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Data Analysis and Reporting in SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Using Data for Geographic Mapping and Forecasting in SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Performing Network, Path, and Text Analyses in SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Creating Advanced Reports with SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Earn a career certificate

Instructor

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SAS Visual Business Analytics Professional Certificate

What you'll learn

Details to know

See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Prepare for a career as a Business Intelligence Analyst

Professional Certificate - 5 course series

Getting Started with SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Data Analysis and Reporting in SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Using Data for Geographic Mapping and Forecasting in SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Performing Network, Path, and Text Analyses in SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Creating Advanced Reports with SAS Visual Analytics

What you'll learn

Earn a career certificate

Instructor

Offered by

Why people choose Coursera for their career

New to Data Analysis? Start here.

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Open new doors with Coursera Plus

Advance your career with an online degree

Join over 3,400 global companies that choose Coursera for Business

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